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All those wonderful hypothesis I was drawing on behalf of Mike Ragone? Nevermind. From Tony Krausz at the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Notre Dame tight end Mike Ragone admitted that the marijuana found in a female companion’s purse by an Indiana state trooper belonged to him, according to court documents. Ragone, 21, and the 21-year-old…

Just when it seemed that Mike Ragone had worked through his star-crossed path at Notre Dame, he’s found himself on the wrong side of the law. Ragone, who stood out during the Blue-Gold Game, and has rehabbed through multiple knee injuries that have hampered a promising career, was arrested along with a female passenger on…

Apologies for the delay on posting today, I had some computer problems that kept me away from all things technology. Let’s get down to business. * There is finally a “report” out detailing Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany’s intentions for conference expansion. According to Sports Radio 810 AM in Missouri, the Big Ten has reportedly…

It’s officially the spring evaluation period for college recruiting. Thanks to a recent rule change, head coach Brian Kelly won’t be able to hit the hallways of high schools, but his assistant coaches will. The Irish coaching staff will fan across the country, with each assistant working their region or position grouping for key recruits.…

Kicker Kyle Brindza reaffirmed his commitment to the Irish for the 2011 recruiting class, both Irish Illustrated and Irish Sports Daily report. Brindza’s commitment to the Irish was unique, even for a position that’s fully of, well… “unique” players. Brindza is just completing his junior year at Plymouth High in Canton, Michigan and he not…

If there’s a reason to be optimistic about a defense that imploded last season, it’s the change to a 3-4 system. The switch allowed a defense that had personnel under-sized and out-of-position in an attacking, downhill, 4-3 scheme, to shift the balance of power back to the linebacking corps, the best collection of skilled defensive…

(As requested by every Notre Dame fan on the planet, I’m turning the page on Freekbass. Woah-ah-woah-ah-woah…) Former Notre Dame wide receiver David Grimes, who was out of football last year after completing his senior season with the Irish in 2008, signed a contract with the Kansas City Chiefs yesterday. This from the Chiefs website:…

While I don’t want to do it, I’m going back to the Freekbass situation. There’s been plenty of thoughtful work on the video, and a few columns that are definitely worth reading. Over at AOL FanHouse, John Walters — also a Notre Dame grad — penned a pretty spot-on column about the entire debacle. Here’s…

I took yesterday off from the blog, because I was so befuddled by the new “We Are ND” video that I couldn’t form words. Just when you think you’re out of the woods from that ridiculous video of dancing Irish tailgaters, Notre Dame has to deal with the self-inflicted gun shot wound that is Freekbass…

Brian Kelly is on an absolute roll right now, and his latest recruiting conquest is uber blue-chipper Matthew Hegarty out of New Mexico, widely considered one of the best true left tackles in the country. “I think when you take it all in, the overall opportunity there, taking it to the next level and the…

(The first in a series of updates on the positional battles that took place during spring practice.) It doesn’t seem like too long ago that rumors were swirling about a possible position switch for Cierre Wood. With Wood buried on the depth chart behind Armando Allen, Robert Hughes, Jonas Gray, and Theo Riddick, there were…

As the days pass, it’s becoming more and more evident that the worries Irish fans had about Brian Kelly being able to recruit blue-chip prospects is obsolete. National recruit Ben Koyack, out of Oil City, Pennsylvania, has given his verbal commitment to the Fighting Irish, just three days after visiting campus for the Blue-Gold Game.…

If you’re looking for a good place to catch some extended video from the Blue-Gold Game, head over to UND.com where there’s plenty of good stuff. But, if you’re looking for say… five minutes and 36 seconds of highlights, well — you’ve come to the right place. After watching this, you’ve got to feel good…

Lost amidst the news of the Blue-Gold game, head coach Brian Kelly received the pledge of three more recruits yesterday: Conor Hanratty, Tony Springmann, and Jarrett Grace. Hanratty, an offensive lineman from Connecticut, is the son of former Irish quarterback Terry Hanratty. He had offers from Boston College, Iowa, Maryland, and Wisconsin, but the draw…

In front of 27,241 fans eager for a fresh start, the Brian Kelly Era took its first snaps at Notre Dame Stadium. After five months of transition, questions, and worries, quarterbacks Dayne Crist and Nate Montana led their Blue and Gold squads respectively, and assured all of us that regardless of who coaches the football…

If Pete Carroll didn’t know what Golden Tate could do, nobody did. Tate shredded USC last year, guiding the Irish back from the brink before ultimately falling short, and the former Trojan coach rewarded Golden for his work by making him the 28th pick of the second round. Since the end of the first round,…

The wait is over for Jimmy Clausen. The Carolina Panthers have selected Clausen at pick 48, ending the seemingly eternal wait for Clausen, who expected to go in the top fifteen picks of the draft. Clausen lands with an NFL team that released its veteran starting quarterback in Jake Delhomme, and now battles Matt Moore…

Notre Dame released the rosters for tomorrow’s Blue-Gold Game, with both squads featuring a number of starters. The Blue team features Michael Floyd, Armando Allen, Kyle Rudolph, Dayne Crist on offense and Gary Gray, Jamoris Slaughter, Anthony McDonald, Brian Smith, and Ethan Johnson on defense. The Gold team will feature Nate Montana, Shaq Evans, Duval…

While we’ll get to the rest of Friday’s headlines and a little bit more NFL Draft talk, I wanted to let everybody know that it’s been far too long since we live-blogged a Notre Dame football game. Tomorrow, we’ll be following every play of the Blue-Gold game, bringing you as much information and insight possible…